VILLAGE MAY SEEK TO SLOW DOWN TRAINS

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Lemont may ask the Interstate Commerce Commission to reduce the speed of trains going through the village to 30 or 35 miles per hour, following a train accident last month in Lockport that killed four teenagers.

According to Mayor Joseph Forzley, trains traveling through Lemont have been clocked recently at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour by police. Though the average speed has been 44 miles per hour, Forzley said passenger trains have been traveling much faster.

If the trains do not slow down, Forzley said, the village will follow the lead of neighboring Lockport, which asked earlier this month that a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour be established for trains in the village.